[Ham-Computers] Analog vs Digital Flat Panel Displays - What's the Differ...

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Jim,

My wife had a Gateway 15" analog FP display.  For Christmas, she got a 19" 
Dell digital.  The only difference, aside from the physical size, was a decrease 
in the tendency for colors to appear darker as one zoomed out.  Which led to 
a tendency for her to choose overexposed photos from a choice of three (for 
stuff she was listing to sell on eBay).  I can't say for sure that this had 
anything to do with analog versus digitial as two monitors are hardly a definitive 
sample.  But that was our experience.  I have a 21.3" FP digital but its 
predecessor was a Sony CRT.

On the advertised size figure, yes, with FP monitors the number quoted is 
(approximately) the viewable diagonal dimension.  CRT monitors were classified as 
CRT TV's are/were.  The figure quoted is the physical diagonal of the CRT, 
some of which is hidden by the frame or bezel. 

In a message dated 1/24/2006 11:22:42 AM Central Standard Time, 
hro5-2 at cox.net writes: 
> I've never used anything but a CRT display, and currently use a 19" Dell 
> M991. Since I'm retired, I've never used a flat panel display except for an 
> casual view from time to time.  I'm planning on purchasing a new Dell 
> computer in the near future, and have decided to go to a flat panel. Their 
> small footprint would be very handy, prices are reasonable, and CRT's seem 
> to be on their way out.
> 
> Dell has two main choices - analog and digital, with digital considerably 
> more expensive. What are the relative merits?  Presumably, digital has a 
> better "picture"; is that improvement mostly for photos, or does it help 
> with schematics, etc., available on the web.
> 
> When a FP is listed as a 17", does that mean a display with a 17" diagonal 
> measurement?  The diagonal CRT measurement on my 19" Dell is about 17 7/8", 
> so I guess I would lose about an inch dropping from a 19" CRT to a 17" flat 
> panel.

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